[HISTORY: Adopted by the Township Committee of the Township
of Washington as indicated in article histories. Amendments noted
where applicable.]
[Adopted 4-20-1961 by Ord. No. 19]
All tangible household personal property and personal effects
located within the Township of Washington shall not be assessed and
taxed.
This article shall apply to taxes on tangible household personal
property and personal effects due and payable in the year 1962, and
thereafter so long as this article shall be in effect, and shall not
affect the obligation, lien or duty to pay any taxes, interest or
penalties which have accrued or may accrue by virtue of any assessment
made or which may be made with respect to taxes levied for any year
prior to the year 1962, nor shall this ordinance affect the legal
authority to assess and collect taxes which may be or have been due
and payable prior to January 1, 1962, together with such interest
and penalties as would have accrued thereon under any provisions of
law amended or repealed hereby; nor shall this article invalidate
any assessments or affect any proceedings for the enforcement thereof
pending upon the effective date of this article or upon January 1,
1962, or during the period between said dates.
A certified copy of this article shall be filed with the Division
of Taxation in the Department of the Treasury of the State of New
Jersey and with the County Board of Taxation of Burlington County.
[Adopted 8-17-1961 by Ord. No. 21]
Every person who is a citizen and resident of the State of New
Jersey for a period of three years immediately preceding October 1
of the pretax year, of the age of 65 or more years, having an income
not in excess of $5,000 per annum and residing in a dwelling house
owned by him which is a constituent part of his real property, shall
be entitled, on proper claim being made and allowed therefor, to exemptions
from taxation on such real property to an assessed valuation not exceeding
$800 in the aggregate, but no such exemption shall be in addition
to any other exemption to which said person may be entitled.
The financial position of the Township of Washington for the
year 1961 will not be impaired by the exemption so claimed.
The exemptions claimed and to be allowed for the year 1961 shall
operate to reduce the taxable valuations of real property for the
year 1961 in the Township of Washington.
All applications for exemption under this article for the tax
year 1961 may be filed on or before July 1, and all applications for
exemption in subsequent tax years may be filed on or before November
1 of the pretax year. Such applications shall be on forms prescribed
by the Director, Division of Taxation in the Department of the Treasury
of the State of New Jersey.
